It is likely that the tapeworm was acquired orally. Suspicion fell on cherry-salmon sashimi that the man had consumed three months earlier. The food would have contained a tiny larval form of the ...

Once inside your body, tapeworms can silently live in the intestines, absorbing nutrients from foods you eat. Tapeworm ...

Tapeworm eggs are spread "through food, water, or surfaces contaminated with faeces". "Humans swallow the eggs when they eat contaminated food or put contaminated fingers in their mouth".

For example, if the person who has the adult tapeworm gets the eggs on his or her hands and then prepares another person’s food, that other person can unknowingly eat the eggs. The eggs then ...

A Seattle-based sushi chain has landed itself in hot water following an eyebrow-raising visit from popular TikTok food reviewer Keith Lee that left his fans questioning the chain’s food safety ...